Carmel Beach surf break

Carmel Beach surfForecast / CAL – Monterey / USA

information circle48hr Weather and Surf, issued 4 pm Friday 03 Apr 2026 PDT
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Carmel Beach surf forecast is for near shore open water. Breaking waves will often be smaller at less exposed spots.
Today's Carmel Beach sea temperature is
13.9° C
(Which is 1.5°C warmer than normal for this time of year)

How big are the waves at Carmel Beach today?

The current surf forecast for Carmel Beach at 8PM is: 1.9m 11s primary swell from a Northwest direction and 0.3m 13s secondary swell from a Southwest direction (forecast issued at 04:00pm April 03). The wind direction is predicted to be glassy and the swell rating is 3.

Time (PDT) & DateWave HeightWave Period
Morning (03 Apr)--
Afternoon (03 Apr)6.5ft (2.0m)12s
Evening (03 Apr)6ft (1.8m)11s

Table - waves today at Carmel Beach. (Swell directed towards the surf break)


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Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM2PM5PM8PM11PM2AM5AM8AM11AM
Rating
(10 max)
1
2
3
3
3
3
3
3
1
2
3
3
2
3
2
2
1
1
2
3
3
3
2
1
Swell
Height Map
Wave Height (m) & direction (?)
2.1
NW
1.9
NW
1.9
NW
1.8
NW
1.7
WNW
1.6
NW
1.4
NW
1.4
NW
1.3
WNW
1.2
NW
1.2
NW
1.1
NW
0.6
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.8
S
0.8
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
0.7
S
1.1
NW
1.2
WNW
1.1
NW
1.1
NW
Period(s) (?)121111111111101010101010181716161616161612121211
Wave
Graph
(?)Metric surfscale
Energy kJ (?)1142944911757634561450370327281281227222368262339329254251245336378309293
Wind
(km/h)
20
NW
15
NW
5
WNW
5
ESE
15
ENE
10
E
10
E
10
NE
10
SW
5
W
0
NW
5
NE
10
ENE
10
NE
10
NE
10
NNW
15
WNW
10
WNW
5
W
0
WNW
5
NW
5
NNE
5
NNW
10
NW
Wind State (?)
onshore
cross-onshore
cross-shore
cross-offshore
offshore
glassy
cross-
on
cross-
on
glassoffoffoffoffcross-
off
cross-
on
onglasscross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
cross-
off
crosscross-
on
onglassglassglasscross-
off
crosscross-
on
High Tide
/ height (m)
12:29PM
1.12
11:53PM
1.51
1:21PM
1.04
12:19AM
1.49
2:20PM
0.97
12:48AM
1.45
Low Tide
/ height (m)
5:40PM
0.51
6:53AM
-0.01
6:05PM
0.64
7:37AM
0.00
6:29PM
0.75
8:26AM
0.04
Friday
03
Saturday
04
Sunday
05
Monday
06
Sunrise------6:48-------6:48-------6:47-
Sunset-7:30-------7:31-------7:32------
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
part cloud
cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
clear
part cloud
clear
clear
clear
clear
Rain (mm)
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Temp. °C191814161920202223201819191918201817151414141416
Feels °C (?)141413131516161920171717151614171515141313121213
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